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Blogosphere ~ Astronomy and ancient Greek cult : an application of...
History of the Ancient World: Astronomy and ancient Greek cult : an application of archaeoastronomy to Greek religious architecture, cosmologies and landscapes. [another thesis for the 'to read' list...
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Blogosphere ~The Villa Loupian: a Gallo-Roman estate in Languedoc
Past Horizons: The Villa Loupian: a Gallo-Roman estate in Languedoc.
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Homer Multitext Project:Re-editons of Homer papyri
Below is a version of the Inventory of Texts. I have added links to LDAB and other sources of online information at the home institution of the papyrus wherever possible. I have normalized the...
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The two colossi of Memnon are now three!
El Pais (Jacinto Anton)Thanks to Amigos de la Egiptologia for the link to this story.See the full sized version of the lovely photo on the El Pais website. If you look carefully, you can see...
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Discovery of 20 mummies and a wooden coffin in Aswan
Europa Press Roughly, a team from the university of Jaen working in Aswan at the site of Qubbet el-Hawa have found 20 mummies from different periods as well as a large amount of other archaeological...
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Homer Multitext Project (HMT): Re-editions some Homer Papyri
Below is a version of the Inventory of Texts. I have added links to LDAB and other sources of online information at the home institution of the papyrus wherever possible. I have normalized the...
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Roman Empire -- The Golden Age
In the last post I buried the empire. Now I wish to praise it. Before doing that we need to review some statistics which will give you a sense of the tenuous nature of the Emperor’s position. There...
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damage in protests in Greece; police inactivity, 13th February 2012
Protest continues; and political destruction continues likewise, as does police inactivity. Following the national 12th February protests and riots, there were local actions. As Occupied London...
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The Burial of Jesus – Even Cheaper in the UK?
If you’re in the UK, you can get The Burial of Jesus from Amazon.co.uk – no need to go to the American store.And if my calculation is correct, it is slightly cheaper via Amazon in the UK for some...
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Laundering the Loot
.There was an interview on Channel 4 News with Christos Tsirongiannis (researcher in illicit antiquities and repatriation cases at Cambridge University, and formerly archaeologist with the Greek police...
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Greece to Sell off its Ancient Heritage to the Americans?
.In his comment on Friday's Olympia Museum theft, David Gill pointedly remarks: This theft from a world-class heritage site is a crime against cosmospolitan society (not least in an Olympic year)....
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Job in Classic and Biblical Hebrew
JOB: At Rogue Classicism, David Meadows notes a fixed-term post in Classics and Biblical Hebrew at the University of British Columbia.
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Olympia Theft: Getting rid of the Stuff
.In the Channel 4 news item to which David Gill referred in his post 'Olympia theft: "it will be really difficult to get rid of them"..' this hope is expressed by Dr Christos Tsirongiannis. I am not so...
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Ancient Judaism reviews in JSJ
THE TALMUD BLOG: Reviews Galore in the Journal for the Study of Judaism.
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2012.02.34: Die Macht der memoria: Die‚ Noctes Atticae’ des Aulus Gellius im...
Review of Christine Heusch, Die Macht der memoria: Die‚ Noctes Atticae’ des Aulus Gellius im Licht der Erinnerungskultur des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und...
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2012.02.35: The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy. Ancients and Moderns
Review of Michael Squire, The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy. Ancients and Moderns. Oxford; New York: 2011. Pp. xv, 240. $24.95 (pb). ISBN 9780195380811.
View ArticleCallanish stones may stop wind farm
Governmental agency Historic Scotland says the proposed installation of two 67-metre high wind turbines on the island of Great Bernera, nearly 8 kilometres away from the famous Callanish Stones, a...
View ArticleAre humans to blame for Africa's lost rainforests?
About 3000 years ago, Central Africa was a landscape in transition. Lush evergreen forests were gradually giving way to savannahs and grasslands, as the regional climate shifted toward drier, slightly...
View ArticleAncient goldmine discovered in Ethiopia
An ancient goldmine discovered on a hill on the Gheralta plateau in northern Ethiopia is said to be the treasure trove of Queen of Sheba, the biblical legend who traveled...
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